NEW: $45 million worth of cocaine seized after an underground tunnel between Mexico and San Diego, CA was discovered under a Buy 4 Less store.
Investigators say they surveilled the store for months after noticing how little customer foot traffic it had.
Authorities found a nearly 2000-foot-long tunnel that was 55 feet deep and 4.5 feet high with electricity and ventilation.
2270 pounds of coke was seized from the store, and four people were arrested.
Gregorio Epifanio Hernandez Lopez, 29, Jose Jimenez, 32, Antonio Cortez, 18, and Brandon Escalante Sandoval, 26, were arrested.
They all face a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $10 million fine.
"They thought they saw the light at the end of the tunnel. In fact, what they saw were our lights and sirens," said U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon.
Karen in HR swung by my office this morning
Asked if I'm joining the Employee Engagement team-building session this afternoon
I said "what is it"
She said "an escape room"
I said "what time"
She said "5pm"
On a Friday
An escape room
At 5pm
On a Friday
The irony of trapping employees in a room they have to solve their way out of at the exact hour they've been trying to escape all week was apparently lost on her
I said "no"
She said "it's mandatory"
I said "so is reading the policy before enforcing it but here we are"
She said "it's about building team culture"
I said "I already spend 50 hours a week with these people. If we haven't built culture by now, a padlock and a flashlight aren't going to fix it."
She said "your attitude is part of the problem"
I said "my attitude built the Q2 forecast in two days. What has the escape room built."
She didn't answer
She left a flyer on my desk
I used it as a coaster
At 4:58 I packed my bag
The analyst saw me leaving
He said "you're not going?"
I said "I have somewhere to be"
He said "where"
I said "home"
He looked confused
Like the concept of leaving at 5 on a Friday was something he'd only read about
I said "you should try it sometime"
Got in the car
My wife called
She said "are you coming home?"
I said "I escaped"
She said "from what"
I said "the escape room"
She said "you didn't go did you"
I said "I didn't need to. I solved it from my office. The answer was the door."
She laughed
First time she's laughed at something I said in weeks
I'm counting that
Plz fix. Thx.
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I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country
Perhaps the NCAA moment of the day...
The player on the right in this interaction is 6'8 btw 😳
Prairie View A&M's Hassane Diallo:
(*looks in awe*)
"You a freshman?"
7'8 Olivier Rioux:
"Yep."
Diallo:
"You BIG boy!"
(*silence*)
"Where you from?"
Rioux:
(*pause*)
"Canada."
Diallo:
(*looks in awe again*)
Blade vs Mallet Putters — What the Data Actually Says
We analyzed 43,000+ putts using our algorithm and the @PuttView testing system to answer a simple question:
Do mallet putters outperform blades?
Short answer:
Yes. And it’s not particularly close.
Here’s what we found 👇
1️⃣ Overall Performance
2.6 stroke advantage for mallets.
And it wasn’t just one or two golfers skewing the results.
(85%) testers putted better with a mallet.
You guys aren’t going to believe this but “mic’ing up the athletes and letting them just be themselves at their place of work” remains one of the best content strategies going
Bought a coffee this morning
Black, no milk, no syrup
Someone poured liquid into a cup
Took eleven seconds
Then she flipped the iPad around
30%
35%
40%
For a $6 coffee that took eleven seconds to make
The line behind me was six deep
All watching
30% is the new 0%
Everyone knows it
Nobody says it
I pressed custom
Typed $0
The barista looked at me
The guy behind me looked at me
My wife looked at the ceiling
We left
Went to lunch after
Waiter brought water and bread without being asked
Took our order
Checked on us twice
Refilled drinks
Cleared plates
I tipped 25%
My wife said "you just gave the waiter 25% and the barista nothing"
I said "correct"
She stared at me
I said "one of them did a job. The other one turned an iPad around."
She took the check out of my hands
After lunch we stopped for frozen yogurt
The kids served themselves
Picked their own toppings
Weighed their own cups
I paid by the ounce
Then the screen flipped around
35%
40%
45%
I looked at my seven-year-old who had just done the entire job
I pressed no tip
The teenager behind the counter didn't blink
She already knew
My wife grabbed my arm and walked me out
In the car she was quiet
Then she said "I can never take you anywhere"
I said "just not the places with iPads"
She didn't laugh
But she didn't disagree
Tipping used to mean something
Now it's just a screen that guilt-trips you in front of strangers
I don't negotiate against myself
Not at work
Not at a frozen yogurt shop
Plz fix. Thx.
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This picture just circulated around my Jets chat - it was raining while we tailgated and when it finally stopped, we were hammered and convinced this double rainbow signaled the dark times were finally over. Aaron Rodgers blew his Achilles an hour later.